Series—Seriously? John M. Sluk Head, Monographs Department Oberlin College Library April 1, 2008

Series—Seriously?

John M. SlukHead, Monographs DepartmentOberlin College Library

April 1, 2008

Introduction

Roger

Introduction

Roger Disclosure

Introduction

Roger Disclosure What about you?

Introduction

Roger Disclosure What about you? Background

Series tracings--why bother?

Bibliographers Other catalogers Expedite copy cataloging Consistent classification Library users

Functions of a catalog

Ranganathan Noruzi

Functions of a catalog

Ranganathan Noruzi Catalogs and search engines Are we done yet?

Overview of LC practice

Sarah and the nineties


Sarah and the nineties George and the uh-ohs


Sarah and the nineties George and the uh-ohs The broader issues

Series authority work: how hard is it?What are PCC libraries doing?

Consider the administrator … NACO series libraries: Stepping up?

PCC NACO Series Contributions FY2002-FY2007(6% increase from 2006-2007)

10044

9324 94539889 9865

10465

2415 23731886

2374

4947

3940

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006* 2007

New SARs

SAR Chgs

Oberlin stats

27,531 series authority records 58% have references 95% have 130 fields Oberlin NACO series contributions

parallel these numbers almost exactly

SAR Anatomy 101

Type of series (OCLC=Series)a Monographic seriesb Multipart itemc Series-like phrasen Not applicable

Form of heading100 w/|t110 w/|t111 w/|t130

SAR Anatomy 101

Series numbering (OCLC=Ser num)a Numberedb Unnumberedc Numbering variesn Not applicable

LC call number (if classified as a collection)050 _0 Assigned by LC050 _4 Assigned by someone other than LC

SAR Anatomy 101

Series treatment

644 Analysis f (full) p (partial) n (not analyzed)

645 Tracing t (traced) n (not traced)

646 Classification practice s (classed separately)

c (classed together) m (classed with main or other series)

SAR Anatomy 101

Series treatment

A little more on tracing practice:

Tracing practice is the only one of the series treatment fields required of NACO libraries.

The national-level tracing practice, to be followed by those libraries creating BIBCO records, is separate from the local tracing practice at any PCC institution. The national-level tracing decision always will be to trace

645 |5 DPCC

SAR Anatomy 101

643 Series Place and Publisher/Issuing Body

670 Source Found—source(s) on which the form of series heading is based

SAR Anatomy 101

MARC Leader #####cz 22#####n 45 0

001 oca06311438

008 040329n| acaabaaan |a ana

010 n 2004088976

040 DLC|beng|cDLC

130 0 Contesting early childhood series

430 0 Contesting early childhood

643 New York|bRoutledgeFalmer

644 f|5DLC

645 t|5DLC|5DPCC

646 s|5DLC

670 Dahlberg, Gunilla. Ethics and politics in early childhood education, c2004:|bECIP series t.p. (Contesting early childhood series) t.p. (Contesting early childhood)

SAR Anatomy 101

643 Series Place and Publisher/Issuing Body

670 Source Found—source(s) on which the form of series heading is based

4xx, 5xx (See and See also references)

SAR Anatomy 101

Establishing a series heading:

1. Determine choice of entry based on chapter 21 of AACR2

2. Exclude from the heading the following information included in the series statement in the analytic bibliographic record:

(a) initial article in subfields $a, $t, $n, and $p; (b) other title information; (c) statement of responsibility; (d) parallel title(s); (e) ISSN and numeric/chronological designations.

3. Add a parenthetical qualifier(s) if appropriate according to the guidelines in LCRI 25.5B

Example: A boring, well-behaved series:

MARC Leader #####nz 22#####n 4500 001 n 42024052 008 830423n| acaaaaaa| |n ana 040 DLC|cDLC 130 0 Studies on a just world order 642 v. 1|5DLC 643 Boulder, Colo.|bWestview Press 644 f|5DLC 645 t|5DLC 646 s|5DLC 670 Towards a just world order, 1982 678 rsl950207

Example: A multipart monograph:

MARC Leader #####nz 22#####n 45 0 001 oca07465968 008 070702n| acabaaaan |a ana c 010 no2007079642 040 NNU|beng|cNNU 050 4 DP66|b.F68 2007|5NNU 130 0 Historia de España (Editorial Crítica : 2007) 400 1 Villares, Ramón,|d1951-|tHistoria de España 400 1 Fontana i Làzaro, Josep.|tHistoria de España 430 0 Historia de España (Marcial Pons (Firm)) 640 1 Complete in 12 volumes 642 v. 3|5NNU 643 Barcelona|bCritica / Marcial Pons 644 f|5NNU 645 t|5DPCC 646 c|5NNU 670 Bernal, Antonio-Miguel. Monarquía e imperio, 2007:|

bt.p. (Historia de España, Josep Fontana y Ramón Villares, Directores)

Example: An untraced series:

MARC Leader #####cz 22#####n 4500 001 oca01324639 008 850529n| acaaaaaa| |n ana ||| 010 n 84730032 040 DLC|cDLC|dDLC|dDLC-S 130 0 Laurentian library (Series) 643 Toronto, Canada|bMacmillan of Canada 644 f|5DLC 645 n|5DLC 646 s|5DLC 670 Stacey, C. P. Quebec, 1759, 1984:|bcover

Example: A series-like phrase:

MARC Leader #####nz 22#####n 45 0 001 oca07267045 008 061129n| acacbaaan |n ana c 010 no2006128282 040 NjBlaOCU|beng|cNjBlaOCU 130 0 Penguin mystery original 643 New York|bPenguin Books 667 Give as a quoted note 670 Black arrow, 2006:|bp. 4 of cover (A Penguin mystery

original) 678 ml070917

Example: An unnumbered personal name series:

MARC Leader #####cz 22#####n 45 0 001 oca05677674 008 020128n| acabbaaan |a aaa 010 n 2002015624 040 DLC|beng|cDLC 100 1 Pentland, Peter.|tScience and scientists 400 1 Stoyles, Pennie.|tScience and scientists 430 0 Science and scientists (Chelsea House) 643 Philadelphia|bChelsea House Publishers 644 f|5DLC 645 t|5DPCC|5DLC 646 s|5DLC 670 Pentland, Peter. Party science, 2003:|bE-CIP t.p.

(Science and scientists) 670 Phone cal to pub, Jan 28, 2002|b(Peter Pentland and

Pennie Stoyles will jointly be the only authors in this series)

Example: A numbered/unnumbered series:

MARC Leader #####cz 22#####n 45 0 001 oca00035656

008 830422n| acaacaaan |n ana 010 n 42742214 040 DLC|beng|cDLC|dDLC|dOrU 130 0 Penguin classics 642 L72|5DLC 643 Harmondsworth, Eng.|aNew York|bPenguin Books 643 New York|bGreenwich House|dphoto-offset reprint 644 f|5DLC|5DLC photo-offset reprint 645 t|5DLC|5DLC photo-offset reprint 646 s|5DLC|5DLC photo-offset reprint

667 Some vols. unnumbered 670 Wolfram, von Eschenbach, 12th cent. Parzival, 1980 670 Photo-offset reprint/Homer. The Odyssey, 1982:|bCIP 670 LCCN 86-223010: Suetonius. The twelve Caesars, 1957:|b440

field (Penguin classics ; L72) 670 Wind, sand and stars, 2000:|b(Penguin classics [unnumbered])

Example: A partially analyzed series: MARC Leader #####cz 22#####n 45 0 001 oca04257224 008 970128n| acaaaaaan |a ana 010 no 97005725 040 DLC-S|beng|cDLC-S|dDLC 050 0 Z999|b.P23|dCatalogs for which separate bibliographic

records are not made 110 2 Sotheby's (Firm).|tCatalogue of sale (New York, N.Y.) 410 2 Sotheby's (Firm).|tCatalogues of sales (New York, N.Y.) 410 2 Sotheby's (Firm).|tAuction (New York, N.Y.) 430 0 Sotheby's catalogue (New York, N.Y.) 642 Sale 6859|5DPCC|5DLC 643 New York|bSotheby's 644 p|5DLC 645 t|5DPCC|5DLC 646 s|dCatalogs for which separate

bibliographic records are made|5DLC 646 c|dCatalogs for which separate

bibliographic records are not made|5DLC 667 Titles in hdg. and refs. supplied by cataloger;

Continues: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. Sale [unevaluated catalog hdg.]; not to be confused with: Sotheby's (Firm). Catalogue of sale (London, England)

Example: A series classed with its main series:

MARC Leader #####cz 22#####n 4500 001 oca04477378 008 971021n| acaaaaaa| |a ana ||| 010 n 97106178 040 DLC|cDLC|dDLC 050 BS410|b.V452 subser 130 0 Supplements to Vetus Testamentum.|pFormation and

interpretation of Old Testament literature 430 0 Formation and interpretation of Old Testament

literature 642 1|5DLC 643 Leiden|aNew York|bBrill 644 f|5DLC 645 t|5DLC 646 m|5DLC 678 jb971216 670 Writing and reading the scroll of Isaiah, 1997:|bCIP ser.

t.p. (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature)

Examples of recent LC records with series statements

Before

040 DLC|cDLC|dBAKER|dUKM|dBTCTA|dBWKUK|dYDXCP

050 00 B2430.D454|bB36 2007

082 00 194|222

100 1 Ballantyne, Andrew

245 10 Deleuze and Guattari for architects /|cAndrew Ballantyne

260 London ;|aNew York :|bRoutledge,|c2007

300 xii, 124 p. :|bill. ;|c22 cm

490 0 Thinkers for architects

504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-118) and index

600 10 Deleuze, Gilles,|d1925-1995

600 10 Guattari, Felix,|d1930-1992 650 0 Architecture|xPhilosophy


After

040 DLC|cDLC|dBAKER|dUKM|dBTCTA|dBWKUK|dYDXCP

050 00 B2430.D454|bB36 2007

082 00 194|222

100 1 Ballantyne, Andrew

245 10 Deleuze and Guattari for architects /|cAndrew Ballantyne


300 xii, 124 p. :|bill. ;|c22 cm

440 0 Thinkers for architects ;|v01


600 10 Deleuze, Gilles,|d1925-1995

600 10 Guattari, Felix,|d1930-1992 650 0 Architecture|xPhilosophy

Series authority record created by Oberlin


Before

040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBAKER|dBTCTA|dYDXCP

050 00 PS374.W6|bS65 2008

082 00 813/.6099287|222

100 1 Smith, Caroline J.,|d1974-

245 10 Cosmopolitan culture and consumerism in chick lit / |cCaroline J. Smith

260 New York :|bRoutledge,|c2008

300 ix, 182 p. ;|c24 cm

490 0 Literary criticism and cultural theory


650 0 American fiction|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism

650 0 English fiction|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism


After

040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBAKER|dBTCTA|dYDXCP

050 00 PS374.W6|bS65 2008

082 00 813/.6099287|222

100 1 Smith, Caroline J.,|d1974-

245 10 Cosmopolitan culture and consumerism in chick lit / |cCaroline J. Smith

260 New York :|bRoutledge,|c2008

300 ix, 182 p. ;|c24 cm

440 0 Literary criticism and cultural theory


650 0 American fiction|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism

650 0 English fiction|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism

Authority record found in LCNAF


Before

040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dOSU

050 00 PJ7525.2|b.V35 2007

082 00 892.709/92870905|222

100 1 Valassopoulos, Anastasia,|d1973-

245 10 Contemporary Arab women writers :|bcultural expression in context /|cAnastasia Valassopoulos


300 x, 176 p. ;|c24 cm

490 0 Postcolonial literatures

504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-174) and index

650 0 Arabic literature|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism

650 0 Women authors, Arab


After

040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dOSU

050 00 PJ7525.2|b.V35 2007

082 00 892.709/92870905|222

100 1 Valassopoulos, Anastasia,|d1973-

245 10 Contemporary Arab women writers :|bcultural expression in context /|cAnastasia Valassopoulos


300 x, 176 p. ;|c24 cm

440 0 Routledge research in postcolonial literatures ;|v21


650 0 Arabic literature|xWomen authors|xHistory and criticism

650 0 Women authors, Arab

Series authority records in LCNAF for both series; wrong one chosen for this title


Before

040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dYDXCP

050 00 DS135.I65|bT727 2007

100 1 Tsadik, Daniel,|d1969-

245 10 Between foreigners and Shi'is :|bnineteenth-century Iran and its Jewish minority /|cDaniel Tsadik

260 Stanford, Calif. :|bStanford University Press,|cc2007

300 xxi, 295 p. :|bmap ;|c24 cm


650 0 Jews|zIran|xHistory|y19th century

650 0 Islam|xRelations|xJudaism

650 0 Judaism|xRelations|xIslam


After

040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dBAKER|dYDXCP

050 00 DS135.I65|bT727 2007

100 1 Tsadik, Daniel,|d1969-

245 10 Between foreigners and Shi'is :|bnineteenth-century Iran and its Jewish minority /|cDaniel Tsadik

260 Stanford, Calif. :|bStanford University Press,|cc2007

300 xxi, 295 p. :|bmap ;|c24 cm

440 0 Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture


650 0 Jews|zIran|xHistory|y19th century

650 0 Islam|xRelations|xJudaism

650 0 Judaism|xRelations|xIslam

Authority record found in LCNAF

Broader issues—ALCTS statement on LC decision

“Aside from the nature of the decision itself, what is perhaps most disconcerting is the manner in which that decision was communicated. It has always been recognized that LC's cataloging policies are, in the final analysis, most pertinent to LC's own environment and operations. Nevertheless, the library community has come to expect, and appreciate, both significant lead-time for implementation of policy changes of this magnitude and widespread communication with multiple (and international) constituencies. In this instance, there was neither sufficient lead-time nor broad communication.”


“The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) libraries may decide to continue doing series authority work and take on the role of maintaining a national/international series authority file. However, this will mean many more hours of work for that dedicated group, to create SARs and to update LC bibliographic records that they previously did not need to touch. Because the PCC is mainly composed of academic libraries, we are most concerned about children's and popular materials.”


“ALCTS requests the Library of Congress to return to its former practice of broad consultation, prior to making significant changes in cataloging policy. It is understood that, despite the opinions of those who may believe that library cataloging has become fixed at some indeterminate moment in the past, in fact both policies and practices are in constant states of change and development. Nevertheless, unilateral and sudden actions on the part of leading agencies are as likely to result in further fragmentation of the community as they are in a kind of forced-march evolution.”

Series authority: moving forward in cooperative cataloging

“Further, we urge LC leadership to re-dedicate itself to cooperative cataloging programs and cooperative standards efforts, such as the PCC, where both LC and partner libraries can benefit from standards established together. All partners benefit from sharing standards and training; the result is a more effective and efficient copy cataloging process for all partners when accepting copy from trusted sources.”

Cooperative ideas to consider

1. Participate in OCLC Enhance



2. Consider NACO membership, or lobby for a NACO funnel




3. Join BIBCO




3. Join BIBCO

4. Take a series authority workshop at LC

Contact information

John M. Sluk

Head, Monographs Dept.Oberlin College LibraryOberlin, OH 44074

voice: 440.775.5113fax: 440.775.6586email: [email protected]

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Series—Seriously? John M. Sluk Head, Monographs Department Oberlin College Library April 1, 2008